Erik Moeller wrote:
On 5/16/07, Florence Devouard Anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Purely practical issue. I'd prefer to do a Resolution:Licensing policy2 and Resolution:Access to nonpublic data2. It makes it easier to immediately see there is a more recent version. Whilst few people can *guess* there is somewhere a resolution updating the policy.
Just pick up the previous resolution, and put an addendum at the bottom.
What do you think ?
We can just transclude or link the amendment resolution at the bottom of the original one with a prominent notice that it has been updated.
I do not think it is practical. Two reasons
Right now, we have a common resolution to fix several unrelated points. I do not think it is such a good idea to do it this way, as some people might agree with one point, disagree with another. Then might vote against even though they might agree with some points. Generally, I think we should always stick to one resolution <-> one topic.
Second reason is that when we want to refer to a resolution, it is much easier to go to the resolution page, and simply copy paste the text. If we copy paste the text, then have to go to one, maybe two, one day three perhaps, updates, and insert the modifications accordingly in relevant paragraph, this is a time loss and a risk for mistakes. I would rather prefer a brand new resolution, refering to an old one, and canceling the old one. On the old one, we can link to the new one and mention the old is no more valid.
Or... another solution (probably better) would be to separate the text of the resolution from the page of the policy itself. The resolution point to a specific version of the policy. The second update resolution simply points to a new version of the policy. In such case, the policy page is always updated and there is no risk of confusion.
Ant